$800 Main Event Day 1ab | 2025 RGPS Grand Prix Reno

08-29-2025 12:19 UTC-7

Prager Out Kicks Opponent

Erick Torres

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Joshua Prager raised to 800 from early position and was called by an opponent on the button before Robert White came along with a call from the big blind.

White checked the flop of 2♠K♣3♥ before Prager opted to bet 1,100. The opponent on the button called, while White folded.

Prager check called on the 10♣ turn for 3,000 to bring on the 4♦ river. Both players checked the river.

Prager showed K♠J♠ for top pair, which was enough to defeat his opponent's K♦9♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert White	28,000 28,000	28,000
Joshua Prager	22,300 22,300	22,300

Tags: Joshua Prager Robert White

08-29-2025 12:08 UTC-7

Karwowski Out Pips Aguilar

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Erick Torres

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Henry Karwowski began the action with a raise to 2,500 from early position and was called by Manuel Aguilar on the button.

Karwowski continued on the 8♣9♣7♠ flop to the tune of 6,000 and was called again by Aguilar.

Both players checked the 5♣ turn to bring on the 2♠ river.

Karwowski checked the river, which led to a bet of 6,000 from Aguilar. Karwowski quickly called to send them to a showdown.

Aguilar showed J♥J♣, but Karwowski held the better hand as he revealed Q♠Q♥ for a better pair to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Henry Karwowski	56,000 56,000	56,000
Manuel Aguilar	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Henry Karwowski Manuel Aguilar

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

08-29-2025 11:49 UTC-7

Himes Takes it Down

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Erick Torres

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Zlakto Hodin limped from early position before Eric Delgadillo also limped from the hijack. It folded to Charles Himes in the small blind, who opted to raise to 1,300. David Siporen re-raised to 3,200 from the big blind, which led to folds from Hodin and Delgadillo, but Himes came along with a call to go to a flop heads up.

Himes checked the 2♣J♠9♦ flop, which led to a bet of 1,000 from Siporen. Himes called to send them to a turn.

The 5♠ turn was checked by both players, which brought the 10♠ river.

Himes checked, and Sirporen chose to bet 4,000. Himes wasted little time making the call.

Siporen showed K♥8♦ for king-high. Himes took down the pot when he showed Q♦10♦ for a pair of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Himes	37,000 37,000	37,000
David Siporen	34,000 34,000	34,000
Eric Delgadillo	32,100 32,100	32,100
Zlatko Hodin	27,700 27,700	27,700

Tags: Charles Himes David Siporen Eric Delgadillo Zlatko Hodin

08-29-2025 11:37 UTC-7

Miller Cracks Aces

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Erick Torres

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Ken Bidinger opened the hand with a raise to 600 from early position. Jedidiah Hoffman called rom the button and Scott Miller defended his big blind to create a three-handed pot heading to a flop.

The flop fanned out Q♥6♦3♣ before Miller chose to bet 2,000. Bidinger called, and Hoffman got out of the way with a fold.

Miller kept up his aggression on the 8♦ turn as he jammed for 28,600. Bidinger did not take long to call to put Miller at risk.

Scott Miller: Q♣8♦ All in
Ken Bidinger: A♦A♣

Miller turned the best hand as he held queens up, which was ahead of the pocket aces of Bidinger.

The J♦ river did not alter the standings as Miller held to double against Bidinger.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Miller	44,600
Jedidiah Hoffman	32,700
Ken Bidinger	10,300

Tags: Jedidiah Hoffman Ken Bidinger Scott Miller

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

08-29-2025 11:24 UTC-7

Continued Pressure From Rees

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Erick Torres

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Blain Rees raised to 600 preflop from the cutoff and was called in two spots by Curtis Nelson on the button and Diana Campos-Anaya in the big blind.

Campos-Anaya checked the flop of 9♠6♦K♥ before Rees put out a bet of 1,000. Nelson called, and Campos-Anaya folded.

Rees continued the pressure on the 5♠ turn with a bet of 1,400. Nelson gave it brief consideration before he folded to award Rees the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Curtis Nelson	32,000
Blain Rees	31,000
Diana Campos-Anaya	24,300

Tags: Blain Rees Curtis Nelson Diana Campos-Anaya

08-29-2025 11:21 UTC-7

Raise From Rounds Ends It

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Erick Torres

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

David Lucchesi opened the action with a raise to 7800 from early position. Herbert Rounds called from the cutoff, and Samhan Hamdan came along with a call from the button.

Lucchesi continued on the flop of 5♠5♦Q♠ with a bet of 800, but Rounds wanted to play for more as he responded with a raise to 2,800. Hamdan and Lucchesi folded to award Rounds the pot.